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London/New
Delhi: Indian authorities have announced they will try to
recover and retrieve thousands of allegedly looted objects held in
Western museums.
The head of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Dr. Gautam
Sengupta, told The Independent that the list of his country’s
treasures held abroad was “too long to handle” and there was a need
for a “diplomatic and legal campaign” for their restitution from
institutions including the British Museum, the Royal Collection and
the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
Among the items that are being targeted for retrieval are the
Koh-i-Noor diamond “presented” to Queen Victoria in 1849 by Dilip
Singh, the youngest son of Ranjit Singh, the Maharaja of Lahore.
Critics say the stone, part of the Crown Jewels, could not have been
willingly surrendered and was plundered by then British governor
general, Lord Dalhousie.
Another item is the Sultanganj Buddha, named after the town in
northeastern India where it was found, was dug out of an abandoned
Buddhist monastery in 1861 along with other priceless artefacts
under the direction of E B Harris, a pith-helmeted functionary of
the British Raj.
Within months, the 1,500-year-old bronze statue was shipped to
Britain after a Birmingham industrialist, Samuel Thornton, secured
it for 200 pounds.
Now the so-called “Birmingham Buddha” is one of the artefacts at the
top of a list of “stolen treasures”.
Then, according to The Independent, is the Amravati railings, a
series of limestone carvings dating from around AD100, acquired from
a Buddhist temple in Andhra Pradesh by Victorian explorers.
And, there is the Saraswati idol, a sculpture of the Hindu deity
from the Bhoj temple.
Dr. Sengupta said India is looking to join a campaign with the
support of UNESCO, the United Nations body set up to preserve global
heritage, alongside other countries with longstanding complaints
about the foreign ownership of their artistic riches, including
Egypt and Greece.
“As efforts so far to reclaim stolen treasures have proved futile,
UNESCO support is required for launching an international campaign
to achieve this end. Not only India, various other countries like
Mexico, Peru, China, Bolivia, Cyprus and Guatemala also the voiced
the same concern to get back their stolen and looted antiquities and
to join the international campaign,” Sengupta added.
While underlining the need to be “realistic” about the chances of
large numbers of items being returned, Dr. Sengupta said a list of
“unique items” that should be returned to their home countries was
being drawn up by each of the participating countries.
“Once this list is ready, these countries will jointly initiate a
series of steps, including a diplomatic and legal campaign to get
back the lost treasures,” he added.
(ANI)
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